(p. 922) lapsi gruel (of rice, dal etc). 43)

(p. 922) lāu the bottle-gourd. লাউয়ের খোলা calabash. ডগা n. the tender upper end of the bottle-gourd plant; a kind of very slender and non-venomous green snake. ̃মাচা n. a scaffold or trellis made of bamboo and twigs along which a bottle-gourd plant creeps up. 86)

(p. 922) latā a creeper. ̃কুঞ্জ, ̃গৃহ, ̃মন্ডপ n. a retreat shaded with creepers, an arbour, a bower. ̃নিয়া, ̃নে a. creeping. ̃নো v. (of a creeper) to creep along or up; to stretch or extend along or up. ̃পাতা n. creepers and herbs; spinach. ̃প্রতান n. tendril. ̃য়িত a. grown along the ground or on supports as a creeper, creeping along or up; stretching or extending along or up. 38)

(p. 922) labdhi attainment; gains; acquirements; acquisition. নির্ণয় n. (mech.—of velocity) composition. 53)

(p. 927) lēkhaka a writer; a scribe; an author (fem. an authoress). 72)

(p. 927) luṭērā one who loots, a plunderer, a robber. 61)

(p. 922) laghu not heavy, light; easily digestible and moderate; not serious, venial; small; frivolous, easy, carefree; swift or nimble yet noiseless; easily understood, easy, light (লঘুপাঠ); low, vile, inferior; contemptible; slighted; worthless, trivial; subtle; liquid, watery; (gr.) short. ̃কায় a. light-bodied; slim-bodied; short-statured. ̃গামী a. nimbly and yet noiselessly moving; light-moving. ̃গুণক n. (math.) reduction factor. ̃চিত্ত, ̃চেতা a. light-headed; lighthearted; flippant, frivolous. ̃জ্ঞান n. disregard, contempt; slight. ̃জ্ঞান করা v. to think lighty of; to treat with contempt; to slight, to look down upon. ̃নির্মাণ n. minor works. ̃পথ্য n. light diet, (cp.) sick diet. ̃পাক a. easily digested or digestible, light. ̃পাচ্য a. easily digestible. লঘু পাপ a venial sin; a trivial offence. লঘুপাপে গুরুদন্ড heavy punishment for a venial or trivial offence. ̃পায়ে adv. light-footedly. ̃প্রকৃতি same as ̃চিত্ত । ̃বন্ধনী n. the sign of parenthesis, the first bracket. ̃বৃত্ত n. a small circle. ̃ভাবে adv. lightly. ̃ভোজন n. a light and easily digestible meal. ̃মস্তিষ্ক a. light-headed; incapable of serious thinking; dullheaded. n. the cerebellum. ̃সংগীত n. light music. ̃স্বর n. a low or soft voice, (gr.) a short vowel. ̃হস্ত a. light-handed; dexterous. 12)

(p. 922) lajjā bashfulness; modesty; shame; hesitation; diffidence; disgrace. লজ্জা দেওয়া v. to put to shame, to shame; to put out of countenance, to discountenance, to abash. লজ্জা পাওয়া v. to be ashamed; to feel shame; to be discountenanced or abashed. লজ্জা বোধ করা v. to feel shame; to feel diffident. লজ্জার কথা, লজ্জার বিষয় a disgraceful affair, a shameful matter, a disgrace, a shame. লজ্জায় কুঁকড়ে যাওয়া v. to shrink in shame. লজ্জায় লাল flushed with shame, to become red from shame. ̃কর, ̃জনক a. shameful, disgraceful. ̃জনিত a. born of bashfulness or modesty or sense of delicacy. ̃নত same as লজ্জাবনত । ̃নম্র a. slightly bowed down with bashfulness; coy. ̃ন্বিত same as লজ্জিত । ̃বতী fem. of লজ্জাবান । লজ্জাবতী লতা the mimosa. ̃বনত a. having one's face hanging down in bashfulness or shame; stooping low in bashfulness or shame. লজ্জাবনত মুখে with a shame-faced look. ̃বান a. shy, bashful; coy; modest. ̃বিহীন same as লজ্জাহীন । ̃বোধ n. feeling of shame; sense of disgrace. ̃শীল a. bashful; coy; shy; modest. fem. ̃শীলা । ̃শূন্য, ̃হীন a. shameless; brazen-faced; impudent; immodest. fem. ̃শূন্য, ̃হীনা । 26)

(p. 933) lōhu, lau blood. 16)

(p. 922) laghulipika a stenographer. 13)

(p. 922) lampaṭa lascivious, licentious, libertine, debauched, profligate, lewd; wanton. n. a libertine, a profligate, a debauchee. 55)

(p. 927) lōkāraṇya a vast crowd of people; a great concourse of people. (লোকে) লোকারণ্য হওয়া v. to teem with a vast multitude of people. 111)

(p. 922) lapaṭānō to entwine; to be entangled or involved (in). 42)

(p. 927) luṭōpuṭi rolling esp. on the ground; weltering, sprawling, wallowing. লুটোপুটি খাওয়া v. to roll esp. on the ground; to sprawl, to wallow. 62)

(p. 927) lōkasāna loss; damage, harm. লোকসান করা v. to damage, to harm; to cause or suffer a loss. লোকসান দেওয়া v. to suffer or incur a loss; to lose. 104)